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  • Demonstrate The Gospel  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Feb 22, 2008
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     | 4,011 views

    Demonstrate the Gospel R.W. Shambach told the story of a meeting he was in with T.L. Osborn. A young man who was a boxer and had been blinded by severe blows was also in the meeting. Shambach knew the man personally and knew that he was not a believer. Osborn called the man forward and prayed ...read more

  • See For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2008
     | 2,507 views

    See for Yourself When the Wright brothers first began experimenting with flying machines, they accepted as fact the data and conclusions that were available in the theory of aviation. As they experimented, however, their own experience provided different conclusions. They began by doubting ...read more

  • The Nobodies Of The Church  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 6, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,573 views

    THE NOBODIES OF THE CHURCH Janet Reno, Attorney General of the United States during the Clinton administration, was interviewed on "60 Minutes" on June 26, 1999. She seems to hold this ancient opinion of Christians. Here is how she defined a cultist: "A cultist is one who has a strong belief in ...read more

  • We Are Living Life, Liberty And The ...

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Aug 16, 2008
     | 2,601 views

    We are living Life, Liberty and the Pursuit But sometimes we are pursuing the wrong things in the wrong direction. Did you hear the story about the elderly lady that had heard on the news about a car driving the wrong way on the interstate She was so worried that her husband was in danger that she ...read more

  • A Number Of Years Ago I Read A Newspaper Article ...

    Contributed by Richard Harsell on Jun 2, 2005
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    A number of years ago I read a newspaper article about a man who was a member of a religious cult that believed that the utilization of modern medical science was unneccessary and any needed healing which a person needed could be accomplished through fervent prayer. His wife, who was 8 months into ...read more

  • Corrie Ten Boom Was A Courageous Dutch Woman Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Burkey on Jun 23, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,376 views

    Corrie ten Boom was a courageous Dutch woman who was interned in a Nazi prison camp during World War II because her family helped to hide Jewish people from the Gestapo. During her imprisonment, Corrie endured some of the worst degradation a person can experience. Her sister, Betsy, died in the ...read more

  • Mark Twain Married A Christian Lady. She At First ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,438 views

    Mark Twain married a Christian lady. She at first didn’t want to marry, but later did. He at first went through the motions of religion with her, but later said he couldn’t keep up the hypocrisy. In time, she came to the place where she no longer believed in a personal God. During a time of deep ...read more

  • Real Picture  PRO

    Contributed by Dr. Wheeler Jones on Dec 24, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,412 views

    Real Picture During the long war years a boy looked frequently at a picture of his daddy on the table. He had left when the boy was a young infant. After several years the boy had forgotten him as a person but he would often look at the picture and say, "If only my father could step out of that ...read more

  • G. H. Morling In The Quest For Serenity- "A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 25, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,470 views

    G. H. Morling in The Quest for Serenity- "A valuable study of the Gospels could be made, noticing how many times Jesus gave some of His greatest teachings in circumstances where he had simply been interrupted. How different this is from us; we hate to be interrupted. To Jesus, the importance ...read more

  • The Popular Talk-Show Host Larry King Was One ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2002
    based on 8 ratings
     | 1,458 views

    The popular talk-show host Larry King was one asked whom he would choose, if he had the choice to interview one person across history. Larry King replied that he would like to interview Jesus Christ and that he would ask Him just one question: ¡§Are you indeed virgin born?¡¨ ¡§The answer to that ...read more

  • We Are Walkers Through The City Of This ...  PRO

    Contributed by Stephen Elmer on Sep 6, 2002
    based on 40 ratings
     | 1,886 views

    - “We are walkers through the city of this world, and we are often called to go out into its darkness; let us never venture there without the light giving word, lest we slip with our feet. Each man should use the word of God personally, practically, and habitually, that he may see his way and see ...read more

  • Nuclear Energy Can Be A Great Asset To Man, But ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,426 views

    Nuclear energy can be a great asset to man, but it has already proven to be a destructive weapon and could be devastating to all of humankind. We need to channel this energy in the right direction. The same goes for our talents. There are persons who can use their speaking or writing abilities to ...read more

  • The Church Household

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 28, 2007
     | 2,656 views

    (1 Timothy 3:1-13) Chrytsostom writes, "The church leader must be ’one that governs well his own house.’... For the church is, as it were, a small household. In a house there are children and wife and domestic duties, and some person has to provide order for them all. So in the church there are ...read more

  • According To Research Done By George Barna, 75% ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Feb 27, 2008
     | 1,186 views

    According to research done by George Barna, 75% of Christians believe the Bible teaches that God helps those who help themselves. It doesn’t. More than ½ of the people describing themselves as Christians believe that Satan is not a living entity, but just symbolic: and that a person can earn his ...read more

  • What Is It That Causes Trouble In Marriages? It ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 2,085 views

    "What is it that causes trouble in marriages? It is amazing how many people don't seem to know. Essentially, it is one thing: Sin I don't care whether it the sin of pride, hard-hearted unwillingness to forgive or to humble oneself or to admit mistakes, selfishness, lust, or whatever other sin of ...read more

  • Bad Taste  PRO

    Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Aug 25, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,540 views

    BAD TASTE Treating each other in graceless ways is like putting salt in another person's drink. You're sitting there, your friend goes to the bathroom, and while he's gone you pour salt into his soda. And when he takes a sip he gets a terrible taste in his mouth. God says, "Don't do this ...read more

  • Let Your Adorning Be Hidden

    Contributed by David Hodgin on Oct 9, 2011
     | 2,572 views

    LET YOUR ADORNING BE HIDDEN Author Jennifer McBride wrote, "Ladies and gentlemen, I exhort you to dress in such a way that does not capture anyone’s gaze, but actually gives others something else, besides your attire, to think about. Discretion is a godly trait. At times, it is better to ...read more

  • Confidence

    Contributed by Bruce Lee on Jun 12, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,570 views

    2 Corinthians 5:6 says "Therefore we are always confident." Confidence is something that comes from believing. Success or failure is often a result of either our confidence or lack thereof. The Apostle Paul was a person of confidence. He wasn’t always right, but he was sure about his experience ...read more

  • We Need Light

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on May 29, 2008
     | 2,208 views

    WE NEED LIGHT Do you realize there is a physical disorder caused by lack of light? It is called Seasonal Affective Disorder (S.A.D.) and it effects 1 in 5 of us. It is caused by lack of exposure to sunlight, which in turn alters a person’s brain chemistry. During the fall and winter months when ...read more

  • I Am

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 10, 2010
     | 3,746 views

    “I am” and Yahweh come from the same root word but have different tense references “I am” is 1st person “Yahweh” 3rd Person. Pronunciation of Yahweh The covenant name for the God of Israel in the Old Testament is Yahweh. This name was so sacred that by the second century BC the Jews refused to ...read more